199 BC
Year 199 BC was a year of the [Roman calendar|pre-Julian Roman Republic|Roman calendar]. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Tappulus. The denomination 199 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.
Events
By place
Roman Republic
- The Roman general Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus attacks the Insubres in Gaul, but loses over 6,700 soldiers in the process.
- Scipio Africanus becomes censor and princeps Senatus.
- The Roman law, Lex Porcia, is proposed by the tribune P. Porcius Laeca to give Roman citizens in Italy and provinces the right of appeal in capital cases.